Daily Record (Baltimore, MD) articles from June 2001

Daily Record (Baltimore, MD) archives from June 2001

MD, Israel team up for AIDS research program.
June 1, 2001... Byline: Karen Buckelew The Maryland/Israel Development Center, a local organization promoting increased business in both its target locales, is extending its mission to the biotechnology industry with the announcement today of a new...

Settlement reached in EPA's suit for cleanup costs.
June 1, 2001... Byline: Peter Geier A federal judge approved a $575,000 deal between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and a retired executive the agency sued over cleanup costs associated with an Anne Arundel County Superfund site. U.S. District...

Vintage Dutch-built trolley sparks import fees disagreement.
June 1, 2001... Byline: Amy Bernstein How much should U.S. Customs officials charge a Silver Spring museum for importing a vintage Dutch-built trolley car arriving at the Port of Baltimore today by ocean carrier? The answer still in dispute is just one...

Court hears arguments from telecom giant, start-up.
June 1, 2001... Byline: Bob Keaveney A Baltimore-based telecommunications startup is continuing its federal court battle in New Jersey against Verizon, alleging a series of anticompetitive actions by the telephone giant there and in Maryland, despite a...

Md. Court of Appeals hears argument in case on researchers' duties to subjects.
June 1, 2001... Byline: Earl Kelly Two cases involving lead-paint abatement studies made their way to the states highest court yesterday, as the Court of Appeals heard arguments on whether Kennedy Krieger Institute of Baltimore had an obligation to notify...

Illegal search, seizure arguments heard by Md. Court of Appeals.
June 1, 2001... Byline: Stacey Winakur The knock and talk long-standing police procedure used in high-crime areas will be scrutinized by the Court of Appeals today in the case of a man challenging his conviction for drug possession after he allegedly...

Baltimore co.'s luxury bus offers unique, fun way to travel.
June 1, 2001... Byline: Laura Fick Taking your board of directors on a retreat? Or maybe its a lucrative prospect you want to snare by impressing him with a trip to an East Coast resort? Instead of picking the travelers in a gas-gouging SUV or the...

$8M redevelopment of Mt. Vernon historic apartments complete.
June 1, 2001... Byline: Rachel Mansour As developer Stanley Keyser put the finishing touches on his renovation of the 76-unit Queen Anne Belvedere Residences in Mt. Vernon, he realized something was missing in the 19th century buildings lobby. The lobby...

Baltimore City Circuit Court jury awards $1.5M in lead paint case.
June 1, 2001... Byline: Peter Geier It took a Baltimore City Circuit Court jury just 20 minutes after a five-day trial last week to return a $1.5 million verdict against a Baltimore landlord whose negligence resulted in a childs elevated blood lead...

Woman's conviction for contract killing affirmed by Md. Court of Special Appeals.
June 1, 2001... Byline: Alisa Bralove A Baltimore County mother-in-law just didnt know when to stop talking and thats what helped secure her first-degree murder conviction in the contract murder of her daughter-in-law. Yesterday, the Court of Special...

Ag transfer tax, penalty against Rouse-Fairwood affirmed by Md. Court of Special Appeals.
June 1, 2001... Byline: Daily Record Staff Legal Affairs Writer More than six years after getting a tax bill for nearly half a million dollars, the developer of the Fairwood Turf development near Bowie yesterday was told by an appellate court that it must...

Rabbi checks clothes for kosher certification.
June 2, 2001... Byline: Nancy Kercheval A dozen dark mens and boys jackets hanging on a clothes rack, price tags still dangling from the sleeves, are pushed over to the table where Rabbi Emanuel Goldfeiz seam ripper in hand delves into the most secret...

Community art supply store in Towson bought by chain.
June 2, 2001... Byline: Keeley Webster Maryland artist Helen Glazer is worried that the neighborhood store where she has bought supplies for some 20 years, Towson Artist Supply, will soon go the way of the chain, losing the personal touch that has made it...

MD companies maintain offices in both city, county.
June 2, 2001... Byline: Keeley Webster Both Baltimore City Mayor Martin OMalley and Baltimore County Executive C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger tout regionalism when it comes to attracting and retaining businesses. And the banner of regionalism waved on issues...

Injury lawsuits increase during summer months.
June 2, 2001... Byline: Alisa Bralove Its summer, and the crack of a bat could mean a cracked windshield or a broken bone. And maybe a lawsuit too. In the summer months there is an increase in the number of cases that come through our door, said Andrew G....

Lawyers in resort town of Ocean City see increased business during summer months.
June 2, 2001... Byline: Alisa Bralove Getting hit in the head with a surfboard or rear-ended on Coastal Highway the Beach Boys may have neglected to include those details in songs like "Surfin' Safari" and "Little Deuce Coupe," but the lawyers in Ocean...

Laurel osteoporosis center is a national model.
June 4, 2001... Byline: Karen Buckelew Donna Landis nursing career has been all about timing. First, it was perfect timing for Landis in 1985 when the Maryland physician for whom she worked offered her a management position at the newly formed...

Little Italy Film Festival planner steps down.
June 4, 2001... Byline: Jeffrey Raymond The Little Italy Film Festival enters its third year this month without Tom Kiefaber, the owner of The Senator Theatre who acted as a consultant to help establish the internationally renowned festival. Kiefaber and...

Military passengers not upset by delays at BWI Airport.
June 4, 2001... Byline: Amy Bernstein Construction delays at BWI Airport? Who cares? That cavalier attitude so unlike the anxious worry felt by many business and leisure travelers who weather lane closures and compete for far-flung parking spots at the...

Baltimore County grant program helps workers upgrade skills.
June 4, 2001... Byline: Keeley Webster Eighteen companies in the Baltimore metro region have agreed to have employees trained through the Greater Baltimore Technology Training Connection, a $2.5 million IT training program spearheaded by the Baltimore...

Pattern for change: Group takes on the task of revising jury instructions.
June 4, 2001... Byline: Earl Kelly A subcommittee is about to rewrite the civil pattern jury instructions, and now is the time for lawyers and judges to suggest changes to those all-important words that jurors hear just before they go into an isolated...

Survey shows investors' economic outlook improving.
June 4, 2001... Byline: Todd Karpovich A survey by the Baltimore office of PaineWebber Inc. shows investors outlook on economic growth remained virtually unchanged in May, but a more bullish attitude toward the market is beginning to emerge. Expectations...

Commentary: President should appoint MD lawyer to be MD judge.
June 4, 2001... Byline: The Daily Record Editorial Advisory Board We breathed a collective sigh of relief last month when the Bush Administration was persuaded to reconsider its plan to nominate Peter D. Keisler to the vacancy on the Fourth Circuit created...

Baltimore County to vote on enterprise zone expansion.
June 4, 2001... Byline: Keeley Webster The Baltimore County Council will vote tonight on a resolution to expand the North Point Enterprise Zone to include property currently occupied by Westreet Industries, a paper recycling company. Westreet Industries,...

Coffee shop closes one of four locations.
June 4, 2001... Byline: Bruce Miller When Bibelot officials decided to liquidate and close their four Maryland stores, the owners of Donnas Coffee Cafe, which shared the spaces, were hoping that the bookstores absence would not harm their own business....

Md. Court of Special Appeals rules unpaid workers not bound by employer's release of mechanics' lien.
June 4, 2001... Byline: Barbara Grzincic A release of lien signed by their employer does not stop the unpaid employees of a sub-subcontractor from filing suit under the mechanics lien law, the Court of Special Appeals held Friday. At-will employees meet...

Md. Court of Special Appeals rules Pontiac dealer got sufficient notice of franchise termination.
June 4, 2001... Byline: Stacey Winakur A Prince Georges County Pontiac dealer lost his bid to keep his franchise Friday when the Court of Special Appeals held that General Motors gave him sufficient notice it was terminating their relationship. The state...

Md. Court of Special Appeals upholds search of automobile passenger.
June 4, 2001... Byline: Alisa Bralove A nervous passenger, pulled over in an area where many weapons have been recovered, provided adequate suspicion for an officer to do a pat-down search, the Court of Special Appeals has held. The decision affirms the...

Thriving shipyard in middle of labor dispute.
June 5, 2001... Byline: Amy Bernstein Business is booming at General Ship Repair Corp. Baltimores only remaining unionized ship repair yard but the companys success may be marred by an ongoing contract dispute with labor over wages and benefits. Since...

Fed. Communications Commission's ruling challenged.
June 5, 2001... Byline: Bob Keaveney A local telecommunications carrier is challenging an order by the Federal Communications Commission that the company says would cost it hundreds of thousands of dollars in revenue, forcing it to close at least one of...

Some hospitals use robots in operating rooms.
June 5, 2001... Byline: Karen Buckelew St. Agnes HealthCare has joined the pack of local hospitals exploring robotics as the latest technology in minimally invasive surgery, and it has the flavor of a science fiction novel. Robots are being called the...

Police officer suspended for refusing to cut hair.
June 5, 2001... Byline: Joe Surkiewicz Ask Antoine Chambers why he refuses to trim his shoulder-length dreadlocks and youll get a direct answer. Im not cutting my hair for my vows and religious beliefs as a Rastafarian, responded Chambers, a 32-year-old...

Md. Court of Appeals rules Md. courts can't consider out of state sex crimes.
June 5, 2001... Byline: Stacey Winakur Maryland courts cannot consider out-of-state convictions in determining whether a defendant is a sexually violent predator, the Court of Appeals held yesterday, reversing decisions by both a circuit court and the...

New laser treatment eases out wrinkles, age spots.
June 5, 2001... Byline: Karen Buckelew Dr. William G. Armiger knows what its like to want better looking skin. The Baltimore plastic surgeon suffers from rosacea, a condition that afflicts an estimated 13 million Americans causing chronic flushing and...

Business fights county in zoning violations suit.
June 5, 2001... Byline: Alisa Bralove In its second defeat in as many months, Ellicott Citys Pack Shack must return to Howard County Circuit Court to defend itself against charges that it is operating an adult entertainment business in violation of the...

Baltimore-based auto body shop settles suit over teen's firing.
June 5, 2001... Byline: Peter Geier A Baltimore-based auto body repair shop has agreed to pay $15,000 to settle a sex discrimination lawsuit the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed against it on behalf of nineteen-year-old female...

Planning commission may participate in litigation.
June 5, 2001... Byline: Earl Kelly Reviewing a Calvert County zoning case, the Court of Appeals yesterday revised a 63-year-old holding and said a planning commission may have standing to participate in litigation. This is the most recent in a long line...

Special ed. student whose suit was dismissed gets chance to do it over.
June 5, 2001... Byline: Daily Record Legal Affairs Writer A lawsuit by a special-needs student against the Baltimore City Public Schools, dismissed last year on the ground that it failed to state a cognizable claim under Maryland tort law, has been revived...

Howard County funding group set to help businesses find loans or grants.
June 5, 2001... Byline: Todd Karpovich The innovative Center for Business & Technology Development in Howard County has launched a new business funding advisory office to help viable companies find loans, lines of credit or grants needed for expansion....

Towson lawyer leaves private firm to become Baltimore County atty.
June 6, 2001... Byline: Peter Geier Baltimore County Executive C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger has named Edward J. Gilliss as the new county attorney, replacing Virginia W. Barnhart who resigned last month.Gilliss, 45, currently a partner with the Towson firm...

Gaithersburg-based Igen International adds four more motions in its royalty suit against Roche.
June 6, 2001... Byline: Karen Buckelew Igen International Inc. yesterday announced it has filed four more summary judgment motions in its royalty case against Roche Diagnostics. The Gaithersburg biotech won summary judgment in April on another of its...

Maryland Senator takes reigns of banking, housing committee.
June 6, 2001... Byline: Todd Karpovich Sen. Paul S. Sarbanes awoke this morning as chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, giving the powerful group of lawmakers a liberal slant that will prioritize consumer protection and...

New Baltimore-based office building almost fully leased.
June 6, 2001... Byline: Rachel Mansour Despite a Baltimore real estate market that may be starting to temper, developer Dr. Selvin Passen didnt have to wait long before nearly filling his 13,000-square-foot Class A office building just delivered in...

Md. Court of Special Appeals rules knowledge of school's location irrelevant under 'safe haven' drug law.
June 6, 2001... Byline: Daily Record Legal Affairs Writer Proof that a defendant knew he was in a school zone is not required to convict him for possessing cocaine with intent to distribute within 1,000 feet of a school, the Court of Special Appeals has...

Flat cab rate to BWI Airport being considered.
June 6, 2001... Byline: Amy Bernstein The Public Service Commission is likely to decide today to allow Baltimore City taxicab operators to charge passengers a $19 flat fee from the downtown district to BWI Airport following in the footsteps of competing...

Md. Court of Special Appeals rejects limit on coram nobis relief under writ.
June 6, 2001... Byline: Stacey Winakur A man who pleaded guilty to robbery in 1979 was entitled to coram nobis relief when that prior conviction meant he would receive a stiffer sentence more than 15 years later on a federal conviction for being a felon...

Baltimore's Executive Women's Golf Assn. provides females chance to play golf and do business.
June 6, 2001... Byline: Laura Fick Sometimes being able to avoid sandtraps and chip that perfect shot onto the green is just as useful in the business world as being able to negotiate a deal or make a sale. Which is why the Baltimore Chapter of the...

Jury rejects civil rights action against Brunswick police officer.
June 6, 2001... Byline: Peter Geier A Brunswick police officer did not violate the civil rights of a man he arrested during a domestic dispute, a federal jury of five men and four women in Baltimore found.Officer Dennis A. Wilson, 41, accused of going out...

Md. Court of Appeals upholds consecutive sentences in Salisbury arson case.
June 6, 2001... Byline: Alisa Bralove A man found guilty of setting fire to his ex-girlfriend's house will serve his sentences consecutively rather than concurrently, the state's highest court held yesterday. The charges of reckless endangerment and...

Md. Court of Appeals rules three-year limit applies to action under 'sealed' lease.
June 7, 2001... Byline: Daily Record Legal Affairs Writer Actions for rent due under a residential lease must be filed within three years, even if a seal was affixed to the lease, the Court of Appeals held yesterday.If the parties want the 12-year statute...

Major League Lacrosse kicks off season in Baltimore.
June 7, 2001... Byline: Todd Karpovich Entrepreneur Jake Steinfeld made a fortune convincing people to get into shape. Now the energetic founder of Body by Jake Enterprises is banking on that same charisma to help his fledgling outdoor lacrosse team...

Baltimore's ship repair business is small - but prospering.
June 7, 2001... Byline: Amy Bernstein Baltimores ship repair industry, long in decline, has received a lot of bad press during the years the latest involving General Ship Repair Corp., which is embroiled in a nasty labor dispute over wages.On Tuesday...

M d. Court of Special Appeals affirms wife's guilt in stabbing death.
June 7, 2001... Byline: Barbara Grzincic Maryland may be willing to give spouses some protection from charges that they stole each others property but the state draws the line well short of robbery and murder, the Court of Special Appeals held...

$22M warehouse in White Marsh draws interest from buyers.
June 7, 2001... Byline: Keeley Webster Despite a formal asking price of $22 million for the Warner Bros. distribution center in White Marsh, CB Richard Ellis officials already have seen plenty of interest in the building.The real estate firms officials...

Sr. biosciences exec for Md. Dept. of Business and Economic Develop. knows his business.
June 7, 2001... Byline: Karen Buckelew Lawrence C. Mahan knows his science. As the newly appointed senior biosciences executive for the Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development, Mahan will have plenty of opportunities to put that...

Md. Court of Appeals sends warning to attorneys that stealing money will result in disbarment.
June 7, 2001... Byline: Stacey Winakur Taking aim at a "logical inconsistency" that has allowed lawyers prone to addiction or suffering from serious mental problems to escape the ultimate sanction of disbarment, the Court of Appeals yesterday sent a...

Elevator operator in Cokesbury Building enjoys her vanishing profession.
June 7, 2001... Byline: Tyisha Manigo In the midst of all the construction and redevelopment taking place downtown, in an office building along North Charles Street, a faint reminder of the past has managed to linger on. There, Rose Eubanks serves as...

Micro Systems moves entire distribution operation to BWI airport warehouse.
June 7, 2001... Byline: Rachel Mansour Micros Systems Inc. is moving its entire distribution and logistics operation from a 17-year-old Beltsville facility to a newly constructed warehouse near BWI Airport a move designed to better link that operation...

Md. Court of Special Appeals rules enhanced sentence for aggravated attempted rape included burglary.
June 7, 2001... Byline: Earl Kelly A Harford County man who was convicted of attempted rape was not entitled to have a third party testify at trial that DNA evidence could have been produced by some other man or during consensual sexual activity between...

Students and teaching assistant sue owner and instructor of Baltimore massage school.
June 7, 2001... Byline: Earl Kelly Three women, two of them massage students and one a teaching assistant, say an instructor at the Baltimore School of Massage inappropriately touched their breasts and pubic areas while performing massages on them. ...

4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reverses ruling for Parkville gun dealer.
June 7, 2001... Byline: Peter Geier The government did not violate the rights of a Parkville gun dealer when it ordered him to submit certain record information because the dealer had failed to comply with firearms trace requests, a federal appeals court...

Pittsburg-based BroadStreet Communications uses old-fashioned salesmanship to compete with Verizon.
June 8, 2001... Byline: Bob Keaveney With Baltimore as its laboratory, a well-funded Pittsburgh startup is launching an experiment in the battered telecommunications industry. Its hypothesis: that a deliberate, slow-growth approach and an emphasis on...

Baltimore-based law firm names two new partners in effort to grow.
June 8, 2001... Byline: Stacey Winakur Miles & Stockbridge has brought on two new partners as part of its effort to get the 155-lawyer firm back over the 200-lawyer mark, after abandoning a year-long look into merging with another firm.We would like to...

Baltimore City downtown groups oppose increase in parking taxes.
June 8, 2001... Byline: Rachel Mansour As the deadline to balance a lopsided Baltimore City budget looms, elected officials are turning toward driving downtown employees and tourists to contribute by way of an increased parking tax. Business groups and...

MD business incubators form advocacy group.
June 8, 2001... Byline: Bob Keaveney Marylands publicly funded business incubators have quietly formed their own advocacy group, and elected Ann Lansinger, director of Baltimores Emerging Technology Center, its first president.The group of incubator...

Md. Court of Special Appeals rules payee not responsible for forged checks.
June 8, 2001... Byline: Alisa Bralove A man who cashed a $13,000 check that a lawyers secretary had forged and drawn on an escrow account cannot be held responsible for cashing the check, nor for failing to spot the forgery and tell the lawyer about it,...

Constellation Nuclear sells its federal licensing expertise to nuclear power plants.
June 8, 2001... Byline: Amy Bernstein Constellation Nuclear Services Inc., a spinoff of Constellation Energy Group, is poised to capture a large share of the growing market for experts who understand what it takes to win federal renewal of a nuclear power...

One-time gains bulking up first-quarter bank profits.
June 8, 2001... Byline: Todd Karpovich An FDIC report released yesterday showed earnings for commercial banks rebounded in this years first quarter from a sluggish fourth quarter 2000, but many institutions looked good on paper because of one-time...

North Arundel Hospital offers free screenings at local mall.
June 8, 2001... Byline: Karen Buckelew North Arundel Hospital has taken health care to a most unlikely place the mall.The hospital has set up shop in a storefront at Arundel Mills, right next to entertainment hotspot Jillians.Our marketing strategy was...

Overlea-based cookie shops offers parties for employees.
June 8, 2001... Byline: Laura Fick How much does your company think a smile should cost?Patrice Hooper, co-owner of Overlea-based Cookies by Design, can sell your business smiles for less than $6 per person with the companys summertime perk the Corporate...

Baltimore Orioles baseball team holds cancer society fundraiser.
June 8, 2001... Byline: Tyisha Manigo The Baltimore Orioles will do a different kind of suiting up when they take to the field at Camden Yards on the evening of June 23.Players and coaches will team up for An Evening of Hope Gala, the first-ever social...

Maryland CEO compensation packages shrink in slower economy.
June 9, 2001... Byline: Amy Bernstein Ladies and gentlemen, fasten your seatbelts. Its going to be a bumpy ride. For the CEOs of Marylands public companies, the last 18 months either have been exhilarating or terrifying or perhaps a bit of both. The...

Outdoor activities help companies build teamwork.
June 9, 2001... Byline: Laura Fick When Provident Bank of Maryland brought in a new human resources team, company officials decided to make them walk a tightrope, literally, as a way to introduce them to co-workers and familiarize them with the...

Photo-documentary showcases minor league baseball.
June 9, 2001... Byline: Nancy Kercheval In every minor league town across the United States there is an Annie Savoy who waits for the season to start to select a player who will be the object of her affection. She boasts that theres never been a...

Judge explains decision in Microsoft lawsuit.
June 9, 2001... Byline: Barbara Grzincic U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson has taken heat for talking to the press after his decision in the Microsoft antitrust trial. But, like a blade forged in fire, he seems all the sharper for it. ...

Resources are scant when litigating on contingency.
June 9, 2001... Byline: Peter Geier Last months voluntary dismissal of a civil rights lawsuit brought by two Havre de Grace grandmothers and four others maced by police officers outside their homes highlights the difficulties of litigating complex causes...

Minneapolis-based insurer gives consumer control over health care.
June 11, 2001... Byline: Karen Buckelew A new option in health insurance is coming to town this week, offering more control and better information for consumers, according to its provider.Baltimore health care consultant Oxford Associates is offering a...

Restaurant, gym to be added to business park in Anne Arundel County.
June 11, 2001... Byline: Rachel Mansour The 4,000 people who work at offices in the National Business Park in Anne Arundel County will no longer have to drive several miles to find lunch or to Columbia to break a sweat at the gym. Thats because Corporate...

Companies implement unusual sales strategies.
June 11, 2001... Byline: Keeley Webster When Brandt Rider, branch manager for The Columbia Banks Fairgrounds Plaza location in Timonium, visits potential commercial clients, he doesnt give them the standard brochure. Instead, Rider hands out baseballs...

Md. Court of Appeals reprimands attorney.
June 11, 2001... Byline: Stacey Winakur The Court of Appeals has reprimanded a Maryland attorney who mistakenly told two lawyers and a judge that she had filed a bankruptcy petition on behalf of her client when, in fact, her law clerk had not filed the...

Software glitch halts stock exchange trading.
June 11, 2001... Byline: Todd Karpovich Local financial companies shrugged off the technical glitch that halted trading on the New York Stock Exchange Friday. And although it raised slight concern for about 90 minutes, the delay did not significantly...

Planned African-American museum hires two Baltimore-area ad firms.
June 11, 2001... Byline: Laura Fick Two Baltimore-area marketing firms will be teaming up to help make the planned Maryland Museum of African American History and Culture an East Coast destination spot.The Campbell Group and The London Group Ltd., which...

Baltimore City-based clothing manufacturer wins $31M military contract.
June 11, 2001... Byline: Amy Bernstein Baltimore Citys last surviving tailored clothing manufacturer has landed a four-year, $31 million contract with the U.S. Air Force to make dress coats but a severe labor shortage is hampering the companys ability to...

Medical leave can't affect employee evaluations.
June 11, 2001... Byline: Peter Geier A recent flap over the ramifications of using leave time under the federal Family Medical Leave Act indicates that even government employers have trouble with the law. In a letter of confirmation obtained by The...